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Bacteria

Bacteria are a large domain of single-celled, prokaryote microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria have a wide range of shapes, ranging from spheres to rods and spirals.

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Do newspapers carry germs?

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as a matter a fact newspapers carry over millions of germs techinally paper comes from trees and during the process of printing there's germs present newspapers travel everywhere and illinois valley college made clinical studies prove one newspaper has over 1.3 million germs

Is streptococcus bacteria living or nonliving?

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streptococcus is living because it is a bacteria

What don't bacteria have?

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Nucleus

How Tuberculosis bacteria is harmful?

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It is a contagious disease that kills people. Not very helpful.

What ailment would cause everything to taste salty?

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There are a number of things which could potentially make everything you eat taste salty. These include:

a) potentially you are adding too much salt to your food during cooking

b) your local water supply may contain a lot of sodium (you could try filtering your water

c) old, corroding pans can add extraneous tastes to your food; perhaps see if the salty taste only occurs after using a particular pan

d) not rinsing off washing up liquid/dishwasher powder adequately

e) a dental infection

f) certain medications you may be taking

Why T bact cream is used?

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Generic Name : MUPIROCIN

Pronunciation : (myoo peer' oh sin)

Trade Name(s) : Bactroban, Mupirax, Supirocin, T-bact,

Why it is prescribed: Mupirocin, an antibiotic, is used to treat impetigo as well as other skin infections caused by bacteria. It is not effective against fungal or viral infections.

When it is to be taken: Mupriocin usually is applied three times a day for one to two weeks. Follow the instructions on your prescription label, and ask your doctor to explain any part that you do not understand.

How it should be taken: Mupirocin comes in an ointment that is applied to the skin. Wash the affected skin area thoroughly, and then gently apply a small amount of the ointment as a thin film. You may cover the area with a sterile gauze dressing. Do not apply mupirocin more frequently or for a longer period than as directed.

Special Instruction :

1. Do not apply mupirocin to your eyes.

2. Do not apply mupirocin to burns unless directed to do so by your doctor.

3. Increased absorption of one ingredient of this ointment could occur and cause harmful effects.

4. Do not apply cosmetics, lotions or other skin preparations to the treated area unless your doctor specifically tells you that you may.

5. If your infection does not improve within three to five days, contact your doctor.

6. It is important to apply all doses of this medication regularly, especially during the first few days of treatment, so that bacteria do not become resistant to mupirocin.

7. Try to apply mupirocin ointment at the same time that you do some other regular activity such as eating a meal.

Side Effects : Burning, stinging, pain, itching, rash. These effects are usually mild and temporary. If they are severe or persist, contact your doctor.

Other Precautions :

1. Tell your doctor what prescription and nonprescription medications you are taking, especially chloramphenicol.

2. Before using mupirocin, tell your doctor if you have kidney disease.

3. Women who are pregnant, plan to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding should inform their doctors.

4. Discard any unused medciation after your treatment course is completed. Do not use this drug for other skin problems.

Storage Conditions : Store mupirocin at room temperature and out of the reach of children.


How does one get cocci bacteria?

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The most common cocci in humans are the normal flora of the skin. They can get into your body through cuts or scrapes on the skin.

How does bacillus anthracis grow?

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By using aerobic respiration and anaerobic fermentation Yersinia pestis are able to produce and consume hydrogen gas for energy.

Which common food poisoning bacteria can be found in the nose and throat?

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There are many potential pathogenic bacteria in the mouth, nose and throat. The bacteria most commonly responsible for infections in these area are nontypable Haemophilus influenza, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Moraxella (Brahmanella) catarrhalis. These three bacteria cause the vast majority of ear infections and sinusitis that have a bacterial cause. The most common cause of all infections of the ears, nose and throat are viruses. Another important pharyngeal pathogen is Streptococcus pyogenes, the bacterium that causes Strep throat. Again, however, the most common cause of a sore throat is a viral infection, including the Epstein-Barr virus, which is the causative agent for Mono - a disease very commonly misdiagnosed as Strep throat.

Other, more serious infections are possible and usually involve one or more of the bacteria listed above, but can also include others that are normal flora of the oral cavity. Diabetics, specifically, can have strange infections caused by fungi, including a rapidly fatal fungal infection of the nasal cavity and sinuses caused by fungi in the genera of Mucor or Rhizopus. Other immunosuppressed patients can also have strange infections.

Who discovered the bacteria of tb?

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Dr. Robert Koch discovered the tuberculosis bacillus

What is measles bacteria or virus?

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Measles is an infection of the respiratory tract that can be caused by both a bacteria and a virus.

Most people think of the virus strain typically, as there is a vaccine for it, and people rarely need to be treated with antibiotics for the bacteria strain.

How is staph contracted?

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S. aureus is transmitted by direct contact with infected wound pus, skin to skin contact and contact with other objects (counter top, hand towels, ect.) that have been touched by an infected person.

How do you get staph?

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Other microbes with genes for methicillin resistance could transfer those genes to the Staphylococcus aureus via different gene transfer methods (conjugation via sex pili, transduction, transformation)

What is a staph bacterium?

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A Staph infection is a symptom normally associated with surgery. It is a medical complication that comes from several different problems. Staph is not a virus; it is the common name for the bacterium officially known as Staphylococcus aureus. It is a very common bacterium that lives on skin normally and only becomes a problem if it enters the skin. It (as well as strep) is very common in wound infections; Staph is also found in boils, some food poisoning, some types of pneumonia, toxic shock syndrome, mastitis, endocarditis, infection of the hair follicles (folliculitis) to name a few. Hope this helps! Dr. B.

Why can antibiotics treat flu-like symptoms caused by bacteria but are ineffective against flu?

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Because the way antibiotics treat those symptoms is by killing the bacteria that cause them. If the symptoms are caused by viruses, then antibiotics can't help since they are not made to be able to "kill" viruses, just bacteria.

Flu viruses are not really living organisms like bacteria are. So viruses must be inactivated rather than killed. Antibiotics can neither kill nor inactivate viruses. They are created to be used to kill only specific bacteria, they do not kill every kind of bacteria, either. That is why there are so many different kinds of antibiotics.

Antibiotics can treat flu-like symptoms caused by some bacteria, because the right antibiotics can kill bacteria. So although flu like symptoms are similar to those of the flu, they are caused by different microbes so are not cured in the same way.

How does bacteria spread?

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Mostly from not washing your hands frequently enough. All we have to do is touch something that is infected, then touch food that is placed into our mouths ... bingo ... infected with germs.

Germs can also enter the body through cuts, by breathing, or by food that has bacteria. Its not necessary for your hands to have disease and only then can the germ enter.

Does aspirin kill bacteria?

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No , aspirin does not kill Bacteria .

Types of harmful bacteria?

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Of the trillions of bacteria that inhabit ourselves, the harmful ones only 'gain ascendency' when the rest are depleted.

i) Clostridium deficile;

ii) unusual versions of E. coli;

iii) what used to be called 'just' Staphylococcus A - is now very unfortunately known as MRSA - Multi-antibiotic Resistant Staphylococcus A.

What is staphylococci?

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Staphylococci are bacteria known to cause pneumonia and septicemia as well as boils and kidney and wound infections.
According to dictionary.com, staphylococci means:

A spherical gram-positive parasitic bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus, usually occurring in grapelike clusters and causing boils, septicemia, and other infections.

Why are infections by fungi and protists usually more difficult to treat than bacterial infections?

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Viral infections are harder to treat than bacterial infections because bacterial infections can be treated with antibiotics, while viruses cannot

Fungal infectons are difficult to treat because of the nature of fungi. They are phylogenetically very closely related to animals and have a very similar biochemical makeup to animals. In treating an internal fungal infection it is difficult to find a drug that kills the fungus and not the animal. Most fungi are killed by the immune system, and if it is impossible for the immune system to kill the fungus on its own, then the animal is likely to not survive.

Bacteria on the other hand are prokaryotic, making them very different from eukaryotic life (plants, animals, fungi, and protists). It is easy to target the bacteria cells as they are so biochemically different from our own. The only thing needed to do to kill a bacterium is to destroy the cell wall, which can be done using a number of drugs. Although it may be true that bacteria is easier to kill inside a human than fungus is, there are antibiotic resistant bacteria now.

How do antibiotics work to cure a chest infection?

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Well, I've had them for 2.5 days and I'm still coughing up phlegm and feeling terrible - so it's not quick. I'm down for 7 days of Amoxcillin (250mg).

What does bacteria do to you're body?

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Only 1% of all Bacteria harm you, a lot of them help you and some of them you will never come in contact to.

How do bacteria survive harsh conditions?

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They form an endospore. An endospore is a thick cell wall that helps protect them.

Endospores enable bacteria to lie dormant for extended periods of time when the environment is unfavorable (such as extreme temperatures, radiation, extreme pH levels, extreme pressures and harmful chemical agents). Then, when the environment becomes more favorable, the endospore can reactivate itself to the vegetative state.